Alabama A&M sports history: Track's Dannette Young-Stone

Dannette Young-Stone won an Olympic gold and silver medal during her track career. (Special to The Times)

The Huntsville Times is celebrating Black History Month by taking a quick look back on 29 of the moments, athletes and coaches that make Alabama A&M athletics special. Today is Day No. 28: Track's Dannette Young-Stone.

You want special? Young-Stone won the Division II national title in the 100 and 200 meters three straight years. As a senior, she competed in five events at the SIAC Championships, setting records in each. She ran the anchor in the relay of the D-II meet in 1986, setting an NCAA mark. Young-Stone followed that with a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics as a member of the 400-meter relay team. In 1992, she won silver in the same event. Whew.